Workers&#39; head coverings



May 5, 1959 E. BERG WORKERS HEAD COVERINGS Filed April 19, 1957 INVENTOR. Z70&276 3e 7 QM z 4.4%Mz

zworwey The present invention relates to workers head coverings, and.isparticularlyconcerned with that typeof head covering whichin'cludes a hairnet and a visor supported thereby, as exemplified iniin'y p'rior'P'atent'No. 2,666,923. ,S1 1ch caps usually include a visor. ofrplastic covered fabric'upon which the name of the company or product or some other ornamental printingIis' made; and one of the greatest items or expense'i'n supplying such. caps is thelcos t" of printing on plasti c v One afni'e'da ats of the present invention is the provision of improved caps of the class described including a hairnet and a visor in which the visor is made of transparent material so arranged that a printed sheet of paper may be supported behind a front layer and the paper may be printed very economically and may be removed or replaced as desired.

Another object of the invention is the provision of improved caps of the class described which are attractive and ornamental, comfortable, capable of economical manufacture, and adapted to be provided with ornamental printing or other designs or words on the visor in such manner that the pattern or printing may be changed at any time and replaced or renewed.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cap having a hairnet supporting a visor in such manner that the visor may stand upward or may be turned downward and in which the visor is provided with a pair of layers of stiff yet flexible material that are readily separable when the visor is flattened out, but which layers are adapted to pinch and frictionally secure an intermediate layer of paper or fabric that is visible through a front transparent layer to provide an ornamental pattern or a visor filling which carries printing that may be applied very cheaply to a layer of paper.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved mode of securing a removable sheet carrying printing or a pattern on a visor in such manner that the printing or pattern is visible, but is enclosed and protected against grime or dirt or moisture, and so that the printing or pattern may be renewed or changed at any time and provided with a minimum amount of expense.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the single sheet of drawings accompanying this specification,

Fig, 1 is a view in perspective showing a workers cap of the type embodying the invention, being worn by a young lady;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the kind of hairnet employed;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the visor and binding with the net broken away, on a reduced scale;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the plane of the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, showing only a fragment of the net and showing the details of construction.

Referring to Fig. 2, this is a view in perspective of a netfl fl of the typeemployed in the present caps; hairnet may be of conventional construction, including the usual netting 11 and anelastic band 12' ofrubber; which is interwoven with the two edges of the netting. short piece of netting, having the two elastic bands 12, has its ends knotted as indicated at 13 to. make the finished net 10 withelastic material extending. allabout its edge. h h

Referring to Fig. 1, here the net 10 is arranged to containv the hair of the wearer; and the visor 14 is arranged abovethe forehead, preferably behind orna mental exposure of the hair of the wearer, as shown, in this-figure. i l I The visor14, as shown in Figs. lland 3,-is provided with. a lower orv inner edge 15 whichis curved on alarge radius so related to the curvature ofthe topofthe head that. the visor will stand upwardly when worn as shown in Fig. l. I p

The position of the visor may be varied by varying this curvatureinisuclimanner that the visor tends to stand more upright as the curvature approaches that ofthe head The visor mayalso be turned forwardlyand downwardly to protect the forehead and eyes of' the wearer when'wo rn for certai'fi typesbf work or'under the hair dryer.

The upper or outer edge 16 of the visor is also preferably curved, but may be of any desired curvature, depending upon the effect desired.

The upper corners 17 may be rounded, while the lower corners 18 may approximate a right angle.

The present cap preferably includes a pair of layers 19 and 20 of transparent, thin, flexible plastic which has sufficient stiffness to assume a curved visor shape without any tendency to wrinkle; but only the front one of these layers 19 need be transparent.

When both are transparent, this is advantageous to expose printing on the back when the visor is turned downward and printing on the front when the visor is turned upward. The two transparent layers 19 and 2.0 are stitched together along the lower curved edge 15 by providing a binding tape 21 of plastic fabric having its edges 22 turned inward against the transparent layers and stitched through with a line of stitching by the sewing machine.

When the binding tape has a finished selvage, the edges need not be turned inward; and the binding tape is preferably of the same color as the net or the same color as the visor when completed.

The visor layers 19 and 20 enclose, but make visible, a layer of paper 23, which is readily insertable when the visor assembly is straight, but which is frictionally gripped, particularly at the lower edge of the paper 23 because the stitching pinches the layers Hand 20 together at the bottom.

When the visor is bent into arcuate form, as shown in Fig. 1, the two layers 19 and 20, which are secured together at their lower edges, tend further to pinch and secure the paper 23 because they are of the same length; and the inner or lower layer 19 is compressed while the outer or upper layer 20 is in tension, enclosing and confining the paper. l

The paper layer 23 may include any desired form of printing or ornamental pattern, such as a lacy pattern, or may advertise any product; and the paper is preferably of the same shape as the other visor layers 19 and 20; but a paper layer of smaller size or different shape gives the appearance of a visor having the shape only of the paper, as the transparent layers become substantially invisible.

When the two strips of this visor are bent, the front layer is in tension and the rear layer is under compression, holding the paper still more securely.

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more cheaply than the 'caps'of the prior art in which the printing'hadto be applied to the plastic-visor.

The manufacture of the caps is greatly simplified by using the paper filler strips; only one type. of cap is needed'to s'upplym'any different purchasers, each of whom mayjna'vje his ow'n'pattern or name "onthe visor merely by using a difier'ent, paper filler. 'It' will thus be observed that I have'invented improved caps' ofthe typeQtleScIibed that may be manufactured inore'cheaply, that may serve alarger variety of purposes, and thatmay be identified by the printing with many different purchasersat a minimum of expense, using the same cap a'nd'difierent' paper'fillers.

The paper filler, is'protecte'd and kept in clean condition and greatly enhances the ornamental value' and advertising value of the cap. r p

While Ihave illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention,- many modifications maybe made without departing'from the spirit "of the invention, and I do not wish to be-limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to "avail myself of all changes within the scope of the appended claim.

1 Having thus described'my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In a head covering, the combination of a hairnet of stretchable material having a stretchable peripheral edge rubber; band; with a'cornbined visbi facing shield of flexible, stiff plastic material having inner, outer and side edges, comprising an upper transparent plastic layer and a separate lower plastic layer, said layers being of similar shape, and each layer having an inner concave curved edge for engaging the head of the wearer and a binding strip bent to substantially U-shape and folded over the said curved edges and secured to both layers by a single line of stitching, leaving the outer and side edges of said layers free and separablefrom each other, the said net having a part'of its peripheral stretchable edge insidethe U-shaped binding strip and secured by the same lineof stitc hi ng,said upper and lower layers adapted to receive an intermediate layer of paper readily insertable between and "removable therefrom, said intermediate layer bearing on its face a display which is visible through the upper layer, and said intermediate layer having substantially the same shape as said upper and lower layers. r v

Referen ces Cited in the'file of this patent I UNITED STATES PATENTS Q 7 Rosenbauni May 9, 1916 2,279,435 Berg Apr. 14, 1942 2,596,884 Bailen May 13, 1952 2,666,923 Berg Jan. 26, 1954 2,803,829

Tscharner Aug.'27 1957 

